The Newark Division of Police evacuated an apartment complex after a possible methamphetamine lab was found at the building on the 400 block of Catalina Drive.

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| Advocate staff report

Two women were arrested, a 2-year-old child was taken into the custody of Licking County Children Services and an apartment building was evacuated Wednesday after reports of a possible methamphetamine lab in the 400 block of Catalina Drive.

Police received an anonymous phone call about 12:30 p.m. from someone concerned about the welfare of a child in an apartment at that address, said Newark Division of Police Sgt. Brian Webster.

When police arrived, they found drug paraphernalia and smelled a "heavy odor of ...